Family historians and genealogists–declare your independence from an incomplete family tree! Search and browse the 1.4 BILLION records on AmericanAncestors.org, the award-winning NEHGS website.

These databases include vital records (state, church, cemetery, and more), U.S. census records, genealogical journal articles, probate records, and other collections that can help advance your research. Already a Guest Member of NEHGS? Your password is your passport to freedom–and to many new discoveries. NEHGS members can share this special offer with family and friends and invite them to join the celebration.

Visit our website from 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, June 29, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, July 6, for access to all AmericanAncestors.org databases–with only a Guest Registration. Questions? Contact us!

This weekend only, we’re giving you free access to more than 1 billion UK records—so mark your calendars and get ready to uncover some amazing family gems.

*Access to the records in the featured collections will be free from February 17, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. ET to February 20, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using an Ancestry World Explorer or All Access paid membership. To see a full list of the records in the featured collections, please click here.

I received this in my email and am passing this along in case anyone following this blog wants to check it out.

Do NOT mistake this site for Ancestry. American Ancestors is the web site of one of the premier genealogy societies in the country. The New England Historic Genealogical Society (Newbury Street, Boston) has resources that are unique. The NEHGS is opening up its website, American Ancestors, to everyone for free for one week. From today, Wednesday, April 6th to April 13th, you can go to http://www.americanancestors.org/Free-Billionand hunt for your ancestors. Though obviously an extraordinary site for New England research, check this out even if you have (as far as you know) no New England ancestors. There is a reason why they changed the name of their website from New England Ancestors to American Ancestors. Check it out.

FindMyPast comes through again with something to keep us busy on a snowy New England day. Remember what I said just two posts ago about FindMyPast going aggressively after the American Market? I just learned from a posting on Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletterthat FindMyPast announced at RootsTech that it is launching the largest online collection of U.S. marriages in American history with over 100 million records dating from 1650 t0 2010. The work on this project is not completed, but FindMyPast is making the first 33 million of these records available to anyone who wants to use them for free through February 15th. To learn more details, click on the link above to Dick Eastman’s article. Once you take a look at the article, go to http://www.findmypast.com and try out the records.

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The Newton Genealogy Club

The Genealogy Club meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Special Collections Room of the Newton Free Library. Special Collections is on the first floor to your left as you are walking to the back of the library.

The club meets to share information on records and approaches for starting or extending participants’ genealogical research. Novices and experienced researchers are both welcome and encouraged to bring records and problems from their own research for discussion.

The coordinator of the club is Ginny Audet. Contact by email: NewtonGenealogyClub@gmail.com.